Archive for July, 2011

On May 24, 2011, in a speech to 19,000 Rotarians, Bill Gates challenged the organization to make polio a disease of the present so it can become a disease of the past. Over 25 years, Rotary International has contributed more than $1B to eradicate polio, and has teamed with the foundation to raise $555 million … Read more…

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While sitting in freezing cold conditions selling raffle tickets today the need arose for a WC in the village, the nearest is a long walk to the station. Maybe we can convince our Council that we do need a WC in the middle of the village. After all it was one of Rotary’s first community … Read more…

This week we started the new Rotary year with a street raffle in Coolamon. It was a very cold windy cloudless morning and we were kept very busy. Thanks to Henk Hulsman, Craig Corrigan, John Glassford, Dick Jennings, Ian Durham and Madison Durham for selling the tickets. The proceeds go to our charity account. Ian … Read more…

RI President Kalyan Banerjee and Binota RI President, Kalyan Banerjee and his wife Binota being received in Bangalore, India on 13th July. Photo : Kishore Shampur A new Rotary year has begun, and with it several programs aimed at supporting and strengthening clubs and districts. In addition, a fresh slate of leaders take over at … Read more…

Here is the latest news on what RFFA (Rotarians For Fighting AIDS) in conjunction with District 9200 East Africa are doing to combat the AIDS pandemic in Africa. If you are a Rotarian one of the best things that you can do is to join RFFA as a life time member and to do this … Read more…

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Our Rotary Club is located in Coolamon NSW Australia. Feel free to look around and see what we are about!